The Sopot Junior, Youth & Masters Festival of Windsurfing has turned out to be a great event with 257 sailors competing in Techno293 and Raceboard classes. The windsurfers main goal being the Raceboard European Championship title and World Championship titles in Techno293, Raceboard Youth & Raceboard Masters fleets. [more]
The whole event brought more than 500 participants to Sopot including the coaches, sailors and their families. This 8 day regatta, which started on the 9th of August has had windsurfers from 16 countries competing in 10 or 11 thrilling races depending on the fleet. The races held in conditions from 5 to 20 knots gave a spectrum of ability and only the truly best all round sailors could maintain top spots during the week’s sailing.
The regatta finished today with stormy conditions, which really tested the sailors. Some of the youngsters did not start and some had decided to come back after struggling in the first race.
The Raceboard Europeans was an exciting event with the local Max Wojcik taking the gold and Paco Wirz from Italy in second just behind Max. The Raceboard Masters saw Paco well ahead of the other competitors. Germany’s Frank Spoettel came in second first in Grand Masters, and French sailor Jean Asia third and first in Veteran fleet.
The Raceboard Youth World Championship finished with Remi Ledoux from France in front of Alistair Masters from Great Britain and Kevin Festocq from France.
The closing ceremony is planned for 6pm.
The whole event brought more than 500 participants to Sopot including the coaches, sailors and their families. This 8 day regatta, which started on the 9th of August has had windsurfers from 16 countries competing in 10 or 11 thrilling races depending on the fleet. The races held in conditions from 5 to 20 knots gave a spectrum of ability and only the truly best all round sailors could maintain top spots during the week’s sailing.
The regatta finished today with stormy conditions, which really tested the sailors. Some of the youngsters did not start and some had decided to come back after struggling in the first race.
The Raceboard Europeans was an exciting event with the local Max Wojcik taking the gold and Paco Wirz from Italy in second just behind Max. The Raceboard Masters saw Paco well ahead of the other competitors. Germany’s Frank Spoettel came in second first in Grand Masters, and French sailor Jean Asia third and first in Veteran fleet.
The Raceboard Youth World Championship finished with Remi Ledoux from France in front of Alistair Masters from Great Britain and Kevin Festocq from France.
The closing ceremony is planned for 6pm.
The Worlds were a thrill for all of us and we are already looking forward to next year’s events.
